Garment-fastener.



3.41s. STIMPSONQ GARMENT FASTBNER. I APPLIOAT ION FILED 8319127, 190.6.

Patented Oct. @1908.

. sides or edge portions of the legging or other article may be securelyand conveniently" fastendand held to prevent the sides1or-- EDWIN BALLSTIMPSON, or NEW'YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T0 EDWIN B. STIMPSON COMPANY,

A. CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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To all who m it may concern: or 1 Be it known that I, EDWIN BALL S IMPSON, a citizenof the United States, residing in the boroughof Brooklyn,.in thecounty of Kings, in the city and State of New York,"

monly employed upon leggings, arctic over shoes, and thelike, and hasfor its object to provide a fastening of this character of a simple andcomparatively inexpensive [nature and of a light, strong and durableconstruction by means of which the overlapping edge portions fromgapingop'en.

The invention consists in ,certain novel features of the constructlonand vcomblnaltions and arrangements of theiseveral parts of the improvedfastener, whereby certam important advantages arei'attained and thedevice is rendered simpler," .cheaper and otherwise better adapted:gandfmore convert; ient for use, all as will be hereinafter fully setforth.

The novel features of th e invention will a side view of a legginghaving fastening de vices constructed accordingfto myfinvention appliedthereto for use; Fig.2 is'an enlarged sectional view taken throughone ofthe im proved fastening devicesin the 'planeindlcated by the line m minFigL'B; Fig. 3 is;

an outer side or, face view; of. afragment of the edge portion of thefrlegging with the apertured member of theimproved fastening device inplace thereon; Fig. llis an ne" side face view showing the aperturedmember of the device partially completed; Fig. 5

view showing themeans forreinforcing thev apertures of the flap or edgeportionof the Specification of Letters Patent. I Application filedSeptember 27, 1906. Serial No. 336,479.

' base plate.

. herein.

Patented Oct. 6, 1908.

legging; Fig. 8 is a partial plan View somewhat slmllar t0 Flg. 4, butshowing a modi- .fied form of the attaching means for the aperturedmember of the improved fastening device,*and Fig. 9 is an enlarged'semtional view taken through the edge portion of the legging and showingthe form of apertured member seen in Fig. 8 applied thereto.

As shown in these views, the leggingLhas' outer and inner flaps or edgeportions, or and 7), adapted to be lapped one outside the other when thedevice is being worn, and also affording an opening 0 extended up theside of the legging so that the same may be conveniently put on andtaken off in the ordinary manner. As herein shown there are a pluralityoffastening devices F, F, comprising engageable members carried by therespective edge flaps wand 12 of the legging. The number of such devicesis immaterial to the invention.

.Each fastening device, as herein shown, comprises a hook member 2,pivotally connected by means of a hinge at 3 upon one end portionof abase plate 1 having adjacent to .the hinge connection with the hookmember2, an elastic tongue 1*, arranged to bear upon. the surface ofsaid hook member adjacent to said hinge connection in such a mannerasgto hold said member 2 with its 1 Q1 free extremity normally extendedparallel to In the accompanymg drawings, which. serve to illustrate myinventionfFigure 1 1s the base plate, but permitting said hook free endto extendat right angles to said A This formation of the base plate witha spring tongue to hold the hook member in normal 'posltion is notclaimed The, base plate 1 is held to the outer surface of the legging atthe edge portion 6,

"thereof by means of a rivet or other attaching means. i p

4: represents the outer apertured member of each fastening device F,said outer member beingin theform of a flat metal plate having, as shownin Figs. 2 to 7, integral pointed clips or prongs 11, 11, produced atits opposite ends whereby said plate or member .is'securelyfastened uponthe outer surface of the outer 'flap or edge-portion a of the legging,the said prongs or clips 11, 11, penetrating the material of which thelegging is formed, and being clenched upon the inner face of saidmaterial.

In order to economize material in the manufacture of the plates 4, theclips or prongs at one end of the plate are set out of line with thoseat the opposite end of the plate, so that in cutting out the plates fromsheet metal by means of dies, the clips or prongs at one end of oneplate will overlap those at the opposite end of an adjacent plate asshown in dotted lines at the right in Fig. 4.

The member t is provided with a series of transversely extended slottedapertures 8, 8, parallel with each other and adapted for the passage ofthe hook member 2, carried upon the inner flap or edge portion Z) of thelegging, the series of such apertures permitting said hook member to beengaged with either aperture whereby a certain extent of adjustment ofthe legging is afforded as will be readily understood. To permit theengagement of said hook member 2 with said apertures S, S, the materialof which the flap oredge portion a is formed is also provided with aseries of parallel slotted openings 9, 9, registering with the apertures8 in member 4 where the member is attached to the legging.

In producing the apertured plate or member 4 spaced slitted openings orcuts 5, 5, are made in the sheet metal piece or blank, there being alongitudinally extended series of such spaced cuts or openings alongeach lateral edge thereof, and there are also produced in the blank aseries of transversely extended parallel slitted openings or cuts 6, 6,each of which opens at its ends into the central parts of two oppositelyarranged cuts or openings, 5, 5, in the respective longitudinal seriesat opposite sides of the blank. By means of these cuts 5 and 6, thereare produced tongues or wings 7, 7, integral with the blank, but eachfree from the blank along three of its sides, and said tongues or wings7, 7, are, by the peculiar formation and location of the cuts 5 and 6,caused to be disposed in pairs, the tongues or wings of each pair facingeach other so that, when they are bent to stand at angles to the metalfrom which the member 4 is formed, the wings or tongues of each pairwill be disposed along the opposite sides of one of the apertures 8,produced by the bending or striking up of said wings or tongues.

By this construction it will be seen that when member 4 is applied tothe flap or edge 5 5 portion a of the legging, and is secured thereto bypassing the prongs 11 through and clenching them behind the materialfrom which the legging is formed, each pair of wings or tongues 7, 7,will readily pass through one of the slitted openings 9 of the leggingmaterial and will serve as a binding to prevent wear of the leggingmaterial from direct contact of the hook member 2 thereon, and when theplate or member 4 has been set in place on the legging with said tonguesor wings 7, 7,

extended through the openings 9, 9, of the legging material, the saidtongues or wings of each pair will be bent slightly apart at the innerface of the .legging material, as shown in Figs. 2 and 7 to compress thematerial between them and hold the central portion of member 4: flushupon the llap or edge portion a of the legging. Where said tongues orwings 7, 7, as shown in Figs. 2 and 7 do not extend quite throughthelegging material at openings 9, 9, it is evident that they will notbe liable to wear against the outer face of the underlying l'lap or edgeportion 1). The tongues or wings thus produced upon the plate & alongopposite sides of the apertures 8 therein, form a series of attachingmembers intermediate between the ends of the plate or member 4: andbetween which the narrow strips 10, 10 of the legging or other materialbetween the apertures 9, 9, therein, are gripped and held in such a waythat said plate or member lis securely attached to said materialthroughout its entire length, so that there is no liability of the edgesof the legging material being pulled or drawn outwards from the lateraledges of the plate or member 4- when the same is secured in position.

In the construction shown in Figs. 8 and 9, the sheet metal of the plateor blank from which the member a is formed is so slitted and bent as toproduce the pointed prongs 7, 7, at opposite ends of openings 8, 8,which serve not only as bindings for the legging material at the ends ofopenings 9, 9, but are of such length as to permit of being clencheddown on the inner face of the legging material so as to hold the memberet securely upon the legging.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patents is 1. A fastener comprising two members, one of which isa metallic hook-like part, and the other of which is a plate formed fromthin fiat metal, adapted to fit [lush upon the material of a legging orthe like and having apertures produced in a longitudinal series forsuccessive engagement with said hook-like part, each such aperture beingof elongated formation and a portion of the metal of said plate at eachsuch aperture being integrally attached to the plat: along the side ofsaid aperture and being bent rearwardly at angles to the plate to).roduce an elongated flange extended therefrom for engagement in anopening produced in the material of a legging or the like to which suchapertured member is attached.

2. An article having two flaps, one of i on the non-apertured flap, anda metal plate having in it a plurality of parallel, elongated apertures,said plate being adapted to fit flush upon the apertured flap with theapertures in the plate andfiap registering,,said

plate having integral flanges 7 bent into the and meansfor detacliablysecuring said flaps together, comprising a metal hook mounted on thenon-apertured flap, and a metal plate having in it a plurality ofparallel, elongated apertures mounted on the apertured flap with itsapertures registering with the apertures 9 in said flap, said .platehaving lntegral flanges 7 bent into the apertures 9 adjacent the sidesof the tie-pieces 10 and further having integral lugs 7 a bent into theapertures 9 at the ends thereof and clenched over upon the other side ofthe flap.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 24th day ofSeptember 1906, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

, EDWIN BALL STIMPSON.

Witnesses:

H. G. Hosn,

WILLIAM J. FIRTH.

